Stories from Saturday, January 16, 2010

Ruby Mae Harper, age 88, resident of Fort Scott, died early Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. She was born Jan. 8, 1922, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Elmer Miller and Mamie Edwards Miller. She first married Herman Wesley Bacon in 1941. ...

Wyomia Uinta (Marriott) Mark, of Ash Grove, Mo., passed away Jan. 14, 2010, at the Ash Grove Health Care Facility. She was born March 2, 1910, to William Oliver and Nellie Allie (Roberts) Marriott. She was married to William Basil Mark on June 20, 1928, at Santa Ana, Calif., and to this union four children were born: Mary Marcellene, Basil Eugene, Ronald Lee, and Paul Ralph...

Donald Gordon, 89, died Jan. 4, 2010 in La Jolla, Calif. He was one of the few remaining World War II Fighter Aces. Captain Donald "Flash" Gordon was born to his mother Helen Lee (Couch) and father Arch Brown Gordon on July 17, 1920, in a farmhouse just outside of Garland, Kan. ...

Sandra Lynn Patterson, 49, of Bella Vista, Ark., passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. She was born on Sept. 3, 1960, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Jerrold Clifford and Nancy Jo (Smith) Patterson. The family lived in Shawnee and Overland Park, Kan., before moving to Ava, Mo., in 1971. ...

Sheldon, Mo. -- An audience member quickly expressed the question on his mind during a Thursday, Jan. 14, meeting of the Sheldon Board of Aldermen, asking "Why not buy water from Nevada?" Alderman Jared Lamb explained that there are several factors that would militate against that. ...

Anyone who plans to apply pesticides to their property is required to take a one-day training course before doing so. The University of Missouri Extension is offering a course in private pesticide applicator training four times, in Butter, Nevada and Osceola between Feb. 16 and March 9...

Jared Christofer Brundige, 18, of Nevada, was arraigned in the Circuit Court of Vernon County on Wednesday, Jan. 13, on one count of assault on school property, a class C felony, and one felony count of armed criminal action. The charges stem from an incident that took place at the Nevada High School on Monday, Jan. 11. A probable cause statement and felony complaint filed with the Circuit Court on Jan. 12 alleges that Brundige used a knife to assault a juvenile in the school cafeteria...

GARLAND, Kan. -- The paperwork has been signed and now it is time to start the dirty work on the Garland Storm Shelter. After two years or planning and three attempts at funding, physical work on the site of Garland's storm shelter is scheduled to begin Monday as the project's contractor, Home Center Construction, of Pittsburg, Kan., is ready to move forward...

The Nevada Police Department recently conducted an Alcohol Sales Compliance Project in the city. The goal of this project, the first one in at least a year, according to Captain Casey Crain, is to deter local businesses that sell alcoholic beverages from selling them to persons under the age of 21, according to a press release dated Jan. 12...

FORT SCOTT, Kan.-- Each year for nearly three decades, a fundraiser at Fort Scott Community College has been successful in raising money that benefits many students who attend the two-year college. The FSCC Alumni and Friends Association is preparing for the 28th annual Dollars for Scholars Phon-A-Thon, which begins Tuesday at the college. ...

Earl and Marjorie Rogers will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Jan. 24, 2010. The family is asking friends and relatives to honor them with a card shower. Cards may be sent to 5741 E. Katy Track Road, Richards, MO 64778. Earl "Buster" Rogers and Marjorie Josepeit were married Jan. ...

Delbert Agee Jr. and Joyce (Griffiths) Agee, of Bronaugh, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Jan. 19, 2010. The couple were married in the Lutheran Church in Nevada, Mo., on Jan. 19, 1985. The Agees' children are daughter Debra Hildebrandt and son-in-law Hank, of Pittsburg, Kan., and son Jason Agee, of the home, and one grandson, Lusas Hildebrandt...